Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s decision to ensure personal care minutes delivered by religious sisters in aged care homes are formally recognised and count towards mandated targets.

Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a Franciscan Jubilee Year to mark 800 years since the death of St Francis of Assisi and Brisbane’s Franciscans say it is a great response to renewing peace in a troubled world, reports The Catholic Leader.

Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) has purchased the historic St Joseph’s Convent in Goulburn from the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, securing the long-term stewardship of the Convent and Chapel site, reports The Catholic Weekly.

The Sisters of Mercy, in the spirit of Catherine McAuley, are called to be in a very particular and unmistakable way, living images of God‘s mercy as it is made known to us in the life, teachings and ministry of Jesus, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said.

Another year unfolds before our eyes. What does it hold in store for us? It can be disheartening when we look at the global pictures that come across our screens regularly, writes CRA President, Br Gerard Brady CFC. Rarely is the ‘good news’ celebrated!  Perhaps it’s important to reflect on what attracts us to the darker side of life. Indeed, it alerts us to the fragility of life, its finitude nature and the unexpected events that can dislodge us from our complacency. Yet this dark side can unleash the potential for goodness.